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Page 271
... John , and the seventh of Charles Dryden . He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of ...
... John , and the seventh of Charles Dryden . He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of ...
Page 285
... Dryden . ' ' I say , received by me John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 1l . 1s 6d . is 2687. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about welve ...
... Dryden . ' ' I say , received by me John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 1l . 1s 6d . is 2687. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about welve ...
Page 342
... John Dryden , Esq .; to his sons in Italy , from a MS . in the Lambeth Library , marked No 933. p . 56 . ( Superscribed ) Al Illustrissimo Sigre Carlo Dryden Camariere d'Honore A.S.S. Franca per Mantoua . In Roma . ' Dear Sons , ' Sept ...
... John Dryden , Esq .; to his sons in Italy , from a MS . in the Lambeth Library , marked No 933. p . 56 . ( Superscribed ) Al Illustrissimo Sigre Carlo Dryden Camariere d'Honore A.S.S. Franca per Mantoua . In Roma . ' Dear Sons , ' Sept ...
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